These letters written to Donald Trump from children will make you weep

By Abigail Malbon| 3 years ago

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Ok, so we’re still not over Donald Trump being President-elect. But really, who is? Certainly not the parents who live in the US, and now have the difficult task of explaining this new leader to their children.

But one mum has come up with a clever way to get children involved, without any difficult conversations – and it might even encourage the population to be kinder to each other. Molly Spence Sahebjami, from Seattle, has started a Facebook group entitled, ‘Dear President Trump: Letters From Kids About Kindness’.

According to the group’s page, the idea is to have children write letters to Donald Trump ‘about the importance of being kind to other people, even if they’re different than you are’.

It started with her son, who was worried about some of the comments Trump made about Muslims. He wrote a letter, which read, “Dear President-elect Trump, please be a good president. Be kind to all people. Some people in my family are a special religion and they are not bad guys.”

Since then, kids under 18 have been writing letters, and Sahebjami is hoping that her page will help to turn the divisive election into a “teachable moment”. She’s encouraging parents to take pictures of their kids’ letters and upload to Facebook with the hashtag #kidsletterstotrump.

Here are some examples of the letters, but be warned; they’re likely to make you want to weep a little…